The bloody aftermath of the Soviet Occupation set the ground for a new force to emerge. They were really seen as angels, these young angels who had arrived to save the country. On december 27th, 1979, soviet Special Forces stormed the president ial palace in kabul. The president , hafizullah amin, was killed. This was the start of the soviet invasion of afghanistan. The soviets had invaded to shore up the communist government. Afghanistans communists had taken power in a coup in 1978, but opposition to the radical modernisation programme, together with internal Communist Party squabbling, had resulted in crisis. Moscow ran out of patience. After assassinating president amin, Soviet Forces poured into afghanistan and occupied the major cities. This was the first time in the Cold War that a regular armed force, tanks, jet fighters, was crossing into another country and occupying it. Now, if they had their own jet fighters, at the Air Force Base in bagram and herat, they could have contro
This week were putting on our next gen specs, strapping on our Brain Controls and entering the metaverse. Just another day in the office, really. Hey, welcome to click. Let me hit you straightaway with a buzzword. You might ve heard it being thrown around recently. Are you ready . Always ready. The metaverse. What you think of the idea . Mark Zuckerbergs Vision that it wont be long before we are working, playing and living in this whole virtual universe. It reminds me of Second Life from about 15 years ago, remember that . I do, i do. This was an early realisation of the Sci Fi Idea that has been around for as long as i can remember. But the Tech Wasnt Up To it, then. But things have moved along. We look a lot better online. It balances out the 18 bit at the last 18 months i felt a bit like living in a virtual world, so i have got mixed feelings about this because this is actually the last thing that people want right now . Could it potentially help with some of the isolation and other
She was being held as a hostage by herfamily and feared for her life. The bbc is unable to verify the images. Our reporter nawal al maghafi has more. The al maghafi has more. Princess who vanished reap; at the princess who vanished reappears. At least that is what the instagram picture suggest. Princess latifa, one of the 25 children of sheikh mohammed has been seen or heard from in months. She attempted to escape from dubai in 2018. Iam in months. She attempted to escape from dubai in 2018. I am a in months. She attempted to escape from dubai in 2018. Iam a hostage and i am injail. In the video the bbc gained access to after she was captured, she alleges she is being held in solitary confinement in a villa in central dubai. But now a photo posted by two of her friends on wednesday shows the princess in a dubai shopping mall. It was uploaded to instagram, which doesn t show the date and time the photo was taken, as well as a precise location. But what it does show is a cinema billboard
Hello. This is bbc news. We ll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment withjo phillips and nigel nelson. First, the headlines. Former bbcjournalist martin bashir defends his interview with princess diana in 1995 telling the sunday times: i never wanted to harm diana in any way and i don t believe we did. It s the first time he s spoken since an inquiry found he obtained the interview by deception. And fomer bbc director general, lord hall, resigns as chairman of the national gallery saying continuing in the role would be a distraction, following the inquiry into panorama s diana interview. Wider surge testing has been rolled out in parts of london and the north east of england, due to a rise in coronavirus cases linked to the indian variant. A picture emerges that appears to show princess latifa, the daughter of the ruler of dubai, who s not been seen for months. The first convoys of humanitarian aid have arrived in gaza, hours after a ceasefire between israel and